Investing
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I met my wife in 2019 and we married in 2020. I put her name on the deed of my $998,000 California home. Now I want a divorce. What can I do?
Dear Quentin, I bought my home in California for $520,000 in 2017. It’s now worth $980,000. In 2019, I met my now-wife who moved in at the beginning of 2020. We married six months later in July 2020. Things were going great and we decided to have one bank account. I also added my wife…
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Under court deal, Binance can continue U.S. operations as it battles SEC fraud charges
Binance.US and the Securities and Exchange Commission have reached an agreement that avoids a total asset freeze at the cryptocurrency exchange while the SEC’s lawsuit against it proceeds. Under the deal announced Saturday, Binance Holdings, BAM Management US, BAM Trading Services and founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao will repatriate Binance.US customer assets to the U.S. Binance.US…
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‘My husband and my father never really got along’: How do I ensure my husband of 26 years never gets his hands on my inheritance of several million dollars?
Dear Quentin, I’ve been married 26 years, and my husband and my father have never really gotten along well. At some point in the near future, I will inherit a significant amount of money (several million dollars). I want to spend and invest this money as I wish. If anything happens to me, I want…
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How U.S. financial markets have performed in the past 15 months as Fed rate hikes fueled wild swings
[]It’s been a roller-coaster ride for U.S. financial markets the past 15 months, after the Federal Reserve started its most aggressive monetary tightening campaign in four decades to tame inflation. []After 10 consecutive interest-rate hikes which took the benchmark fed-funds rate from near zero to a range of 5% to 5.25%, the Federal Reserve this…
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U.S. stocks end lower, but S&P 500 scores longest weekly win streak since 2021 after Fed pause
U.S. stocks ended down Friday without derailing the S&P 500 index and Nasdaq Composite from extending their long weekly win streaks. Investors cheered signs this week that the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hikes have helped to cool inflation, but have yet to drive the U.S. economy into a recession. How stock indexes traded The Dow…
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Here’s a “two-for” that’s ready for action
?There Isn’t Much Time.? Effective 3pm EST, Tuesday, June 20, Atomic Trades Goes Live! BUT… And This Is A BIG But… Others Will Pay Much, Much More. I can’t remember the last time we had so much going on here at RaginBull and I am about to show you why. But first, I want…
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These money and investing tips can get your stock and bond portfolio into shape
Don’t miss these top money and investing features: Sign up here to get MarketWatch’s best mutual funds and ETF stories emailed to you weekly! INVESTING NEWS & TRENDS The bulls finally control the stock market and the signs point higher Large-caps are plowing ahead and leading the way. S&P 500 chart offers little resistance until 4650.…
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I’m 54 and the primary earner but ‘professionally, I am exhausted’ — we have $2.18 million but what about healthcare?
My wife and I are both 54 years old. I am the primary earner with a six-figure salary and equal bonus opportunity. My wife works part time for extra income. For the purposes of this, we can assume that our primary savings vehicle is my bonus, and that we live off of the paychecks. We…
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Biden is cracking down on junk fees with the help of Airbnb and Live Nation — here’s how to avoid them
President Joe Biden on Thursday announced efforts to crack down on so-called junk fees — hidden or obscure fees that surprise consumers when they’re buying everything from airline and concert tickets to booking hotels and Airbnb rentals. Executives from Live Nation LYV, +3.74%, Ticketmaster, Seatgeek, Airbnb ABNB, +2.17% and other companies joined Biden at the…
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Fed’s Bostic discloses violations of trading rules before 2022 FOMC meeting
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Raphael Bostic disclosed Thursday he made multiple trades before a Fed meeting last year, despite being prohibited from doing so. According to an annual financial disclosure released Thursday, a money manager for Bostic and his spouse made transactions involving 19 exchange-traded funds on May 2, 2022, ranging in amounts…